DOI: 10.1126/science.1093617. Atomic-Resolution Measurement of Oxygen Concentration in Oxide Materials

Atomic-Resolution Measurement of Oxygen Concentration in Oxide Materials

10.1126/science.1093617

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Abstract

Using high-resolution imaging at negative spherical aberration of the objective lens in an aberration-corrected transmission electron microscope, we measure the concentration of oxygen in Σ3{111} twin boundaries in BaTiO 3 thin films at atomic resolution. On average, 68% of the boundary oxygen sites are occupied, and the others are left vacant. The modified Ti 2 O 9 group unit thus formed reduces the grain boundary energy and provides a way of accommodating oxygen vacancies occurring in oxygen-deficient material by the formation of a nanotwin lamellae structure. The atomically resolved measurement technique offers the potential for studies on oxide materials in which the electronic properties sensitively depend on the local oxygen content.

Bibliography

Jia, C. L., & Urban, K. (2004). Atomic-Resolution Measurement of Oxygen Concentration in Oxide Materials. Science, 303(5666), 2001â2004.

Authors 2

C. L. Jia (first)
K. Urban (additional)

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